‎London, IPC Magazines, 1983; Very good condition. Contents include: Affinities between silver & ceramics; Glass as decoration; Rustic arts, the appeal of the bizarre; Whistler and the Beefsteak Club; The Dutch influence on American Silver. Other dates available.‎

‎Wörgl, AUSTRIA, Perlinger Verlag., 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 3-85399-006-1) Cloth in Illustrated Jacket, 4to, 197pp, 72 color and 30 b&w illustrations. Text in German. This is a beautifully designed and printed 1979 monograph devoted to the drawings of Anton Christian - Viennese artist of the tortured and bizarre. A brand new, most handsome example. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase.. Fine/Fine.‎

‎Innsbruck, AUSTRIA, Haymon Verlag., 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 3-85218-050-3) Cloth in Dust Jacket, 4to, 167pp, 110 color and duotone illustrations. Text in German. This is the beautifully designed and printed 1989 monograph on the work of Anton Christian - Viennese figurative painter of the tortured and bizarre. A brand new, most handsome example from an unstated SIGNED AND NUMBERED edition issued with a loose print laid into a sleeve at the front of the book, but with this example LACKING the print. It has been priced accordingly. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase.. Fine (But Incomplete)/Fine.‎

‎Tokyo, Treville Co. Ltd., 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 4-8457-1099-4) Boards in Illustrated Jacket, 4to, np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in Japanese. These drawings created by noted contemporary Japanese Erotic artist Yoshifumi Hayashi between 1993 and 1996 are dark explorations of fetishized female physiology and mutating genitalia. If David Cronenberg and Hans Bellmer are your idea of a fun time, you'll most likely want to add this to the deep recesses of your library. A handsome example of this uncommon item in the publisher's printed obi showing some light scraping along the bottom edge of both boards as well as some minor creases to the jacket at the extremities.. Very Good/Very Good.‎

‎San Francisco, Last Gasp of San Francisco., 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 0-86719-479-0) Pictorial Wrappers, 4to, 199pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a bibliography. Published on the occasion of the extraordinary 2000 retrospective at the Laguna Art Museum, "Struggle" features images of more than eighty-eight drawings, sculptures and Zermatism samples as well as insightful texts exploring Stanislaw Szukalski's life and work, photographs of the artist, AND a foreword by Leonardo DiCaprio. A most handsome example.. Fine.‎

‎Chicago, The University of Chicago Press., 1929, First Edition. Gilt-Embossed Buckram, Large 4to, np (ca. 200pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Full edge gilt with decorative endpapers. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the massive 1929 monograph on the noted idiosyncratic Polish-American artist Stanislav Szukalski. An internally most handsome example whose gilt edges and cover embossing are still bright. The blue buckram covers show some wear and small scratches, mild bumps to the foredge tips, and some grime and slight discoloration along the spine. It has been priced accordingly. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase.. Good +/No Jacket.‎

‎La Jolla, CA, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art., 1974, First Edition 1/1200. (ISBN: LC 74-83460) Stapled Illustrated Wrappers, Oblong Small 4to, np (24pp), 9 b&w and 6 color illustrations. With an exhibition checklist, biography, bibliography, exhibition history and collections listing. Limited to one thousand, two hundred copies only, this is the slender twenty-four page catalogue on the work of charming grand eccentric Donald Roller Wilson (who "channels" his painterly images from numerous sentient animals) published in conjunction with a 1974 exhibition of forty-one paintings and works on paper executed between 1969 and 1974 held at the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art. A handsome example.. Near Fine.‎

‎San Francisco & New York, Chronicle Books & Chameleon Books., 1988, First Edition 1/200 Deluxe. (ISBN: 0-87701-562-7) Cloth Over Boards, Slipcased, Oblong 4to, 128pp, profusely illustrated in color. Published in conjunction with a 1988 touring Museum retrospective, this is a charming, substantive exhibition catalogue of more than seventy works by grand eccentric Donald Roller Wilson, who "channels" his painterly images from numerous sentient animals.. A most handsome example of the uncommon 1988 deluxe numbered hardbound edition limited to two hundred copies "designed and produced by Sarah Creighton, Northampton Massachusetts, handsewn and handbound in Japanese bookbinding cloth with goldstamped leather labels and handmade imported cloth slipcase lined with Japanese art paper, with distressed pastepaper endpapers handmade by Carol Blinn, Easthampton Massachusetts" with the publisher's numbered bookplate SIGNED AND DATED by Donald Roller Wilson in the year of publication affixed to the rear free flyleaf, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase.. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued.‎

‎Paris, Baudoin Lebon., 1991, First Edition. (ISBN: 2-87688-019-9) Pictorial Self-Wrappers, 8vo, np, 13 b&w illustrations. Text in English and French. With a biography and exhibition checklist. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1991 Parisian gallery exhibition of thirteen photographic works executed during 1990 by the photographic master of the macabre. A handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Joel-Peter Witkin" in black ink on the front pastedown showing some light wear and sunning to the covers as well as some migration of the binder's glue causing the rear inside cover to stick to much of the rear free endpaper. It has been priced accordingly.. Very Good.‎

‎Paris, Baudoin Lebon., 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 2-87688-030-X) Illustrated Self-Wrappers, 8vo, np, 30 color and b&w illustrations. Text in English and French. With an exhibition checklist. This is a small but elegant catalogue published in conjunction with a 2000 Parisian gallery show of new work by master of the photographic macabre, Joel-Peter Witkin. Included with the photographic images are reproductions of numerous preparatory drawings and gouaches. A brand new, pristine example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Joel-Peter Witkin" in black ink on the front free endpaper.. As New.‎

‎Paris, Centre National De La Photographie (Photo Poche Collection)., 1991, First Edition. (ISBN: 2-86754-071-2) Pictorial Wrappers, 12mo, np, 63 duotone illustrations. Text in French. With a biography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This forty-ninth installment of the venerable Photo Poche series of photography monographs is a concise survey of the boundary pushing work of Joel-Peter Witkin. A most handsome example of the 1991 first edition additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "To Robert, Joel" in black ink on the title page to the noted late photography curator and historian Robert Sobieszek from whom we acquired this directly.. Near Fine.‎

‎Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art., 1980, Third Printing. (ISBN: 0-87587-096-1) Illustrated Wrappers, Square 4to, 112pp, 10 color and 67 b&w illustrations. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with the comprehensive 1980 traveling Museum exhibition of prints by the groundbreaking Japanese Ukiyo-E master Tsukioka Yoshitoshi - known for his unorthodox and compelling images. A handsome example showing some very light wear and rubbing to the spine and covers.. Near Fine.‎

‎S.I., s.n., [circa], 1955. 4°., original limp paper portfolio, full-sized cartoons on upper-and lower wrappers. Illustrated Hftitle (verso blank).Title-leave with provenance and a large cartoon (verso blank). 40 full-size loosely inserted plates on limp paer (versos blank), being cartoons after drawings by Jean-Jacques Sempé after original drawings, illustrating rather bizarre sex-acts. Complete set of 40 cartoons after original drawings. Limited and numbered edition of 400 copies only, this copy bears nr. 255. Fine complete set. Rare. (spine of portfolio a bit damaged in places). Without have ever attended an Art school Jean-Jacques Sempé has become one of the most famous cartoonist worldwide. He worked as an illustrator for periodicals lik Paris Match, Punch, l'Express in the 1950s.‎